TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of December 5, 2025

1.Which of these Christmas items is matched with the wrong country?

Christmas parades - United States
Christmas tree - Germany
Pere Noel - France
Christmas cookies - India
Plum Pudding - England

2.Which of these is not one of the 7 principles of Kwanzaa?

Illumination
Faith
Unity
Purpose
Responsibility

3.Which sentence is correct?

Your grandparents sends holiday greetings.
Santa might put coal in your stocking.
Christmas is coming and the geese is getting fat.
If I was you, I'd behave for a few days.
The holidays is the best time of the year.

4.The structure of a snowflake is actually a:

crystal
droplet
vapor
cylinder
cloud

5.How many time zones will Santa travel through to complete his deliveries?

24
12
Depends on the weather
16
18

6.When George Washington made his famous crossing of the Delaware River, he traveled between what are now the states of:

New Jersey and Pennsylvania
New York and New Jersey
Delaware and Pennsylvania
New Jersey and Delaware
Delaware and Maryland

7.My secret number is two less than a multiple of seven, and is divisible by nine. What is it?

8.Mary is wrapping a present that is 12 inches long, 6 inches deep, and 6 inches high. If she puts ribbon around both the length and width of the box, how many inches of ribbon will she need, not counting what she uses for the bow?

72 inches
84 inches
48 inches
120 inches
60 inches

9.Which does not belong?

ships sailing in
golden rings
o'clock on a cold frosty morning
turtle doves
wise men

10.What is the least common multiple of 6 and 4?

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